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Location: The tower is located in the place
used to be the middle of the Do Ban Citadel in Nhon Hau Commune, An Nhon
District, and 27 km north-west of Qui Nhon City, Binh Dinh Province.
Characteristics: The 20m-high tower has got a square base and several
stories built of bricks. In the distance, it looks like two wings of a fairy
flying up to the sky.
This is one of the towers of typical Binh Dinh architectural style (dating back
to the 12th century). Its structure is composed of the front hall and shrine
(now, the front hall has collapsed). The outer walls are decorated with
pilasters and vertical, protruding frames. Different from other Cham Towers, the
pilasters and edges of the roofs of Canh Tien Tower are built of sandstone. At
the four corners of each tower’s storey are stone motifs of phoenix tail. In the
distance, Canh Tien Tower looks like a great, flashing fire.
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